Hi R--I'm fairly sure "dove" is here somewhere. I've split up names so that adjectives are all on one list, so no complete formal names. But I'm thinking up another list, and Inca Dove is an inspiration.... :-)

Thanks, SoG--I'll add those to my list of non-U.S. bird names (Still More Bird Wirds). This one sort of morphed into North American birds by default, though I'm still sorting through them to organize along those lines.

I didn't know about the alternate meaning for drongo, though. Sounds much better than dumbass to me. :-)

Why aren't these words in more common usage, is what I wanna know. Imagine how much more fun our cubicle jobs would be.

"Hey, Bishop! Where's the longspurtowhee report?""Emberizid! What are you doing back, I thought you were on vacation with that hot redpoll?!""Which one?""Which one? Jeez, you got more than one?""Yeah, the bushtit or the wrentit, which one?""Man, you are one aniguillemot.""You don't say. Now where's the toucan report, jackdaw?""Well, it isn't done yet.""It isn't *done*? It's been two months! What kind of shelduck operation are we running here?""Hey, it wasn't just me, Bobolink and Waxwing were on the committee!""Listen, I don't give one crake of a phalarope *who* else is on the committee. Now let's get Bobwhite, Kittiwake, and Phoebe on this today. And you know who else would be good, Dickcissel.""OK, OK, just calm down! You're gonna get yourself a swiftcoot to the limpkin with that attitude.""Just get on it, OK? I don't want that buffleheadstilt on my case, not on my first day back. Get me, pipit?""Yeah, I get you. Welcome back, man."